Photos: CP Rail moves in on gardens in the Arbutus Corridor

Residents look at the aftermath of CP Rail bulldozing the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.

Submitted
/ Howard Lin

The aftermath of CP Rail bulldozing the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

The aftermath of CP Rail bulldozing the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

The aftermath of CP Rail bulldozing the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

Some residents were spraypainting messages on the railway afterCP Rail bulldozed the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

Some residents were spraypainting messages on the railway afterCP Rail bulldozed the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

Some residents were spraypainting messages on the railway afterCP Rail bulldozed the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

The aftermath of CP Rail bulldozing the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

Residents look at the aftermath of CP Rail bulldozing the community gardens along the Arbutus corridor.Submitted
/ Howard Lin

Residents Mila Rakhmetouline , left, and Sarah Myambo salvage wood from their community garden after workers destroyed and prepared to remove it from a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land.Darryl Dyck
/ CP

In this two photograph panel a community garden is seen before, top, and after, bottom, workers began to destroy and remove it from a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckDarryl Dyck
/ CP

A Canadian Pacific Rail police officer looks on after workers began removing community gardens from a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land.Darryl Dyck
/ CP

Resident Sarah Myambo, bottom, watches as workers destroy and remove her community garden from a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land.Darryl Dyck
/ CP

Workers destroy and remove community gardens from a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land.Darryl Dyck
/ CP

Resident Mila Rakhmetouline salvages wood from her community garden after workers destroyed and prepared to remove it from a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land.Darryl Dyck
/ CP

Resident Sarah Myambo removes produce from her community garden on a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line before workers destroyed and removed it as a dump truck arrives to haul away debris in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the landDarryl Dyck
/ CP

Resident Sarah Myambo removes produce from her community garden on a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line before workers destroyed and removed it as a dump truck arrives to haul away debris in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land.Darryl Dyck
/ CP

Residents Mila Rakhmetouline , left, and Sarah Myambo salvage wood from their community garden after workers destroyed and prepared to remove it from a stretch of abandoned CP Rail line in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 14, 2014. The once-abandoned 11-kilometre-long Arbutus Corridor has been used by residents for many years as a greenway where community gardens were erected. The removal of the gardens is the culmination of a growing dispute between the rail company and the City of Vancouver over the value of the land.Darryl Dyck
/ CP

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